"Recently, attention to authorizers—the entities responsible for approving and overseeing charter schools—has increased," the brief's authors write. "A growing number of states are establishing standards and reporting requirements that authorizers must adhere to."

The report says 15 states and the District of Columbia have established standards for authorizers, while 16 states and D.C. require authorizers to submit annual reports on their portfolios of schools. The brief also points to statewide authorizing bodies as another policy trend: Of the 42 states with charter laws, 33 have an authorizer that charters and oversees schools statewide.

The remaining policy trends identified by the Denver-based ECS were not directly related to charter school authorizing, but still share oversight as a theme:

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